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Newark (N.J.) African Americans Collection and Listings of African Americans from the Newark City Directories

 Digital Record
Identifier: MG Nwk AFAM Coll and MG Nwk African Americans

Dates

  • 1795 - 1967

Summary

The bulk of these two collections were scanned during the 2016 Carnegie Grant. Copyrighted news articles were not scanned.

Processing Information

Items are in three folders: Listings (numbered 1-19) and NewarkAfAm (numbered 1-12) and Slave Bill of Sale, which was scanned separately. Identifiers are folder name plus number, which are in URLs and Local field.

Repository Details

Part of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository

Contact:
3rd Floor
Newark Public Library
5 Washington St.
Newark NJ 07102 United States
973-733-7775